Title:	High outcrossing levels among global macadamia cultivars: implications for nut quality, orchard designs and pollinator management.
Authors:	TRUEMAN, S. J. PENTER, M. G. MALAGODI-BRAGA, K. S. NICHOLS, J. SILVA, A. L. de PACKER, A. T. M. MORIYA, L. M. OGBOURNE, S. M. HAWKES, D. PETERS, T. KASINADHUNI, N. BAI, S. H. WALLACE, H. M. KÄMPER, W.
Affiliation:	STEPHEN J TRUEMAN, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY; MARK G PENTER, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; KATIA SAMPAIO MALAGOLI BRAGA, CNPMA; JOEL NICHOLS, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY; ANUSHIKA L DE SILVA, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY; ADALGISA THAYNE MUNHOZ RAMOS, CNPMA; LEONARDO MASSAHARU MORIYA, QUEEN NUT MACADÂMIA; STEVEN M OGBOURNE, UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST; DAVID HAWKES, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND; TRENT PETERS, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND; NAGA KASINADHUNI, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND; SHAHLA HOSSEINI BAI, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY; HELEN M WALLACE, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; WIEBKE KÄMPER, UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN.
Date Issued:	2024
Citation:	Horticulturae, v. 10, n. 3, article 203, 2024.
Description:	Abstract: Global fruit and nut yields are affected by shortfalls in pollinator populations, and pollen limitation is most prevalent among tropical, bee-pollinated and self-incompatible plants. Macadamia is a subtropical, bee-pollinated crop in which some cultivars have been found to be highly outcrossing. We aimed to determine the extent of outcrossing and its effects on nut quality across a wide range of international macadamia cultivars in three countries. We sampled fruit from 19 macadamia cultivars across 23 sites in Australia, Brazil and South Africa. We used genotype-by-sequencing and MassARRAY methods to assign paternity to individual fruit and we assessed pollen-parent effects on nut quality. Macadamia was highly outcrossing, producing 80–100% of fruit by cross-pollination, at 17 of the 23 sites. Mixed mating (41–72% outcrossing) was identified at five sites, and low outcrossing (10%) was identified in one cultivar at one site where it was isolated from other flowering macadamia trees. Outcrossed fruit often had significantly better quality than selfed fruit, with 1.61–3.39 g higher nut-in-shell mass, 0.53–1.55 g higher kernel mass, 3.3–6.4% higher kernel recovery, and 3.0–3.5% higher oil concentration. The differences in kernel recovery equated to differences in value of USD 433–841 per ton of nut-in-shell at prices of USD 3000 per ton. In summary, macadamia cultivars were mostly highly outcrossing, and outcrossed nuts often had higher quality than selfed nuts. Growers should consider interplanting different cultivars more closely and distributing bee hives more widely to maximise cross-pollination, produce high yields, and optimise nut quality.
Thesagro:	Macadâmia Polinização Cruzamento Vegetal Qualidade Noz Comestível Macadâmia Integrifólia
NAL Thesaurus:	Macadamia nuts Cross pollination Plant breeding Mating systems
Keywords:	Pollen limitation Self-incompatibility Xenia
ISSN:	2311-7524
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10030203
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPMA)